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I have tried rekonq a number of times in the past (last version 0.7) but it crashes on just way too many sites. More features is nice, but I hope they also focussed on stability in this new release. Lots of crashes also means it's likely to be exploitable..

rekonq randomly starts LibreOffice

I like rekonq but since I updated to Kubuntu 11.10 rekonq randomly starts LibreOffice when visiting some sites. It does not display a document, it just starts the generic LibreOffice application. This is so annoying that I switched to Chrome for now.

I think a lot of the crashes were due to the old Webkit version that was shipped with Qt 4.7. I have been using QtWebkit 2.2 and have not seen a crash in a long time (except when I intentionally quit the program, that often leads to a crash).

I like rekonq but since I updated to Kubuntu 11.10 rekonq randomly starts LibreOffice when visiting some sites. It does not display a document, it just starts the generic LibreOffice application. This is so annoying that I switched to Chrome for now.

Yes that's what happens to me as well, also with it crashing soon after opening LO. Rekonq still needs a LOT of work before it can be prime time. Also these crashes can be exploitable by carefully crafted websites so this is also a security concern as well.

Yes that's what happens to me as well, also with it crashing soon after opening LO. Rekonq still needs a LOT of work before it can be prime time. Also these crashes can be exploitable by carefully crafted websites so this is also a security concern as well.

As TheBlackCat already explained, crashes are results of outdated QtWebKit versions.
Rekonq does not ship its own rendering engine. It's just a GUI on top of Qt's WebKit implementation, just as Midori and Epiphany are GUIs for WebKit-GTK.

I like rekonq but since I updated to Kubuntu 11.10 rekonq randomly starts LibreOffice when visiting some sites. It does not display a document, it just starts the generic LibreOffice application. This is so annoying that I switched to Chrome for now.